The Sun. — London, England, 1838-07-14 00:00:00

PRISON DISCIPLINE ATROCITIES IN AUSTRALIA. We invite the attention of our readers, the Legislature. and the British public generally, to the following letter, addressed by the Editor of Murray's Austral-Asiatic Re view to the Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Brougham, on the subject of the frightful abuses that exist in the admi nistration of Justice among the unfortunate convicts under sentence of transportation for crimes committed in this country. The writer, be it remembered, has been long an eye-witness of the working of the system which he de nounces ; and the ability with which his Journal is con ducted proves him to be a person of more than ordinary shrewdness and intelligence : TO Hla GRACE THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN, AND TO LORD BROUGHAM. MARCH 20 1838. MY LORDS—It is understood that the Act of Parliament , commonly known here as " the Huski sson A ct, " underwhich, forming as it does the political constit u ti on o f these colonies they are governed, having but anothe r year to exist, deputies have been dispatched by a small party of m t a he colonists of t.n New o South Wales, for the avow e d object of ki which ample funds and considerable influence evecearny exer ti on which to prevent the British Parliament from bestowing upon the people of these colonies those a free institutions, the pride and boast of Britain their native land, and their own birthright. In order to further these unholy views, books filled with the most false and injurious statements have been printed and extensively circulated, and every other means had recourse to, which unlimited resources, power ful ability, and untiring assiduity could sugcst. On the other hand, the great body of the Colonists (for the anti free institutionists are indeed but few in number), loud and deep as are their demands for being placed upon a footing of equality with their brethren—British subjects—in every other colony, yet eontide so entirely to the rightfulness of their demands, that they have not adopted one single proceeding to controvert the unceasingly active operations or their enemies. The great hope upon which the former rely, is that by spreA ing widely abroad in Britain a representation (wholly untrue) that the transportation to these colonies of Britilt offenders is anything but punishment, an excitement may 1,6 created at least in Parliament. the effect of which may be a new Consti tution. if not the Iluiliison Act itself, at least such an ex tension of it, as shalt cuntinue filings nearly as they arc, securing to. themselves a retention of tho immense alva!,tagcs, rcuniary, social, and nit ral, whic'n th it continuation would bestow. The recent ex!essive a.040-ations of the severity of the ilia:anal criminal co,h•, have sea-led essentialli - to place si i e British leputation side by side, as well as res t ': cts sound po li o ; u humanity, with that of the remainder of the civilized world. Those ameliorations unhappily extend not to this pena l se ttl e soent. The ce7ehra:ed " eorse than dea!li system," atrocious as irt itself it is, is here rendertal unspcsakl,hly so, ev o a in regard to the free inhabitants, by the enactments of the' Colonial Legislature, urethr the pretaat of carrying into elfact the British ordered system of teis.on discipline. It is to this particular point that your Lordship's attention is now re spectfully but earnestly solicited. We solicit your Lordships' attention to the effect of that mteon upon the rnissrable Lumen beings, to the devising iesnish r nent for whom so much legislatorial midnight oil has teen , 4,,,y0 al ted. In order to 's we first wish to bring to your remembrance ale fact—one important fact, which I.ord ,, hp; irrefot ibly, that the rcal ot - j , 'et cf we consider : 11 t-ansoortation to : 1- .ese colonies would now rena not •• • so ' turorm the aietims of the yeng-ew,re of the, •law, Kithwhi!e slav'zs. lov.. but to supply di, se. coiles , the auppl v of !,lets:: s:avos being now prohibited by law, put (lawn by the cff..ct of the :nivel - sal execration of mankind. 'rhe ore foe to:att.-kis ee-sreistrigo, that the law of Englas.O. hen.* hielt i,t17.,01.•rs e..14tf0 trt,-,.p0tt..t;03 era II3A" pus aiahcd Enolaaly. "Frnits tbe ,'nration of thist punsh, - nt, f erfi uhnier 1, sefite,:xe i flrn!spu.:ufi ,,, , t h e 1 ,,,,•;c4 , ; .1 . three fjeara. At the ex d iri.c!on of that perio t, s ,sacts, that he shall be rts-oseil to It's I;b , rty, to ft iietdo to buy country—in a word, to all that is d,ar to him ; aria it rot onl r ,...-tores him to all the rights of avert s::rt he y it pnnishes severely thoae wits, should before possessed, bur. dm , : to it protch him wit''what, the la .v having been satisfied, has piss ri away. Thos i s by law declarad to be, ascl with ,- your Loriships is the utnlyinn reerit of aldiass csaect'ally sour powerful eithrts and inflow,."" in the eqnally butane aril politic constimmalon, the•resuft of ti 2 , enknee of traoa portation , arried 1, - to effect .Eagiattl, upon the worA ott:nders—felons sen•enced for the l7eaviest crus es. Py no possibility can that sentence be what is hero nalLd " extendsd" even for an hour I This is the I?,agiiah beneficent pr,eess of the punishment of transportation. Let your Lord staipe ,:ow sue what it LS here, littler the accent:y ordAii.ed ‘• worse ath" system. The priso,.er for IVe, or for seven years, 4or the mast heinous of fdatlies, or for the must venial of misdernlanour,. if punishable by tnrisp:)rtation, is subj;, , ted sinful sent, _body, and heart-destroying eter nal to• tare ! The doom thus i 3 rendered ~ternal, so far as his fellow men c,n dod the me..^s of rendering it so here, and as they, it would appear. wou:si do, did the Divhse author permit them, hereafter ! Every tin rltich endears him to lith swt'pL asumicr, sep crated, for ever, by the erreatcst pos sible distance which the eitcumferent e of tie cart's too permit from native land—kith, kin, end all those ti.eirest of as, - . , c;a, Lions, by which all are attach, d, mere or the etiect the utterance of the word transportation, if to be car ried into effect here, is to destroy him for every pur pose fur which a beneficent Creator brought him into being. Lnaded _ with chains he is torn from all which connect him With exstence--kept alive, and that is all, for the Cole purpose of becoming a slave, and enduring the consequeet torture of body and heart ! Theenetnaet of hla arrival here, however tenderly ruav have been his rearing and Lis habits— however unfitted for labour may he his physical constitution, it is found at once to be capable of enduring what was not be fore supposed to be possible ! The inclemency of the weather is no longer to have arty effect upon a frame which before would be considered incapable of resisting it. For fear that the mind should sink into a passive acqueiscence vii h h's wretch state, fed, and insufficiently with the coarsest food, he is subjected to the calls of hunger ! Men of the most brutal ferocity are in general the inioistera of his torture, his sustenance and his covering reduced to the lowest amount which can keep the spark of life from ex piring, his chains and his sufferings are alone capable of in crease. And now, my Lords, when a human being has thus 'undergone all that heart, body, and soul can endure by this preparative course, he is rendered a fitting subject for sumntary jurisdiction ! A short time ago, my Lords, a French ship of war was here; arid one of the officers who had taken the trouble to investigate the "prison discipline" system, enquired what was meant, by the above words. '" Summary jurisdiction," asked he, " over a whole people ; lii*sv do you explain it ?" It was impossible to make him comprehend its operation ; nothing like it exist: in any other part of the civilized world, under any circumstances whatever ! It is impossible to state where it begins or where it ends. The free man and the slave are equally subjected to its hateful oppression. There has indeed been one accurate definition of it, that so well and so honour ably to him given of it by Mr. Stephen, " that it was a system appropriate only to Turkey or Algiers." The free man is usable to walk safely at night without being subject to im prisonment in a watch-house, from which no magistrate, (those stipendiary of the police-office alone excepted,) can liberate him. His wife, sleeping in her bed, is subjected to " domiciliary visits" of police constables at midnight, who without the authority of a warrant can break into the house, and search even her bed itself, under no other restraint but that of their own sense of decency, under the pretence of looking fur " absentee convicts !! I" No man can employ another who may seek service, be his occasion fur it, or the circumstances under which it is tendered, he ever so free from even the shadow of suspicion, without first ascertaining from the police-office that the applicant is not a "convict." To describe the whole extent, of " prison discipline summary jurisdiction" would far exceed our limits. The above instances, however, are sufficient to enable your Lordships to understand somewhat of its truly " Turkish and Algerine" qualities. An instance will best illustrate this. The case of the wretched Greenwood is well known. It is proverbial in this colony : it ought to have been a subject of Parliamentary investigation in England. It was a frightful affair. The poor wretch was an " absentee." A constable, in the act of apprehending him, was cut by him in resistance with a knife. He was taken before a Magistrate, and sen tenced to receive one hundred lashes for the absconding-- committed to take his vial before the Criminal Court upon the capital charge of cutting a constable, found guilty, of course, and executed, taken to death with the wounds inflicted upon his back by the lash, being still open I It was a dreadful spectacle —a dreadful affair altogether. The miserable being sent to his account, the sufferings of bodily anguish, necessarily preventing his being enabled to make that prepara tion which in a Christian land is afforded to the worst of mi. minalia. This Greenwood affair, my Lords, affords one illus tration of the " summary jurisdiction" system. Mr. Mason considered it proper to inflict the horrid personal punishment pf the lash upon the miserable wretch who, at the same time, he" committed" to death for " absconding." For the offence, the wholly undefined, unlimitedly and unrestrainedly far and w id e extending offence of what is termed " insubordination" a Magiatr:tte (your Lordships will not fail to bear in mind of what - materials many of those of this Island are com a estend the sentence of transportation," that posed) can ia, can inflict that punishment with all its horrors so empha tically ca lled . " worse than death, 7 for a certain number of years ! That lim it is a mockery in most cases the worst of mockeries; no words, no language possesi power sufficient to describe the feelings of a human being just upon the tverge mostslavery, at being consigned by a Ma iristrate perhaps , mhos ' or i g in al station in life, habits, and in. .g i ti,:!lect were obviously far mferiot to hiss ? victim, at one breath to al •struction, by the words " three ears' additional sen tence! 1!" What an amount of suffering, my Lords, is not perpetrated upon the miserable wretch, by the utterance of these few words ! What probably the offence ? A sl a v e at work in his gang," as we ha v e said, on the poi nt of becoming free, irritated beyond the power of en durance, chlf , d to momentary forgetfulness of his miserable condition by the oppression of some tyran nicalt... slave-driver, frequently himself a slave, a idw (Alt the prospect of freedom (ex ce p t b y favour)before is insub- Itirn, dares to reply , p erha p s to disobe y him. This or di n ation of the worst sort. Ile 13 taken before a ma g istra te, perhaps of the genus Mason. With all these, zeal for prison discipline is held to give a paramount claim to high conside ration, Greenwood fur exam p le. " Let his sentence be ex tended!" We forbear to od'er to your Lordships the picture which. drawn only in the faintest colours, arising from this, would present itseif to your view ! Desp , ration in general fol lows—the mind is filled with the detp-st feelings of resent ment for what is cr;mll;:red, and who will say unjustly, an usurpation of the poet of a jury and a kidge, and therefore to be tyranny and oppression of the riNft cruel description. Port :Arthur, the "'earchtrliell,"ltralt in cpythotrafi - horrors; is generally the result, and there Iy:wit, as in Dante's infernal : regions being no more, destruction follows I SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING (CONCLUDED.) (Further particulars of Thursday's races.) To WN PLATE.—Daedalus and the Surprise colt made the running till past the Duke's stand, where the former declined ; 2arpriLe carried on the running, defeated Vicuna in a short struggle at the cords, and won cleverly by half a length. TEN SOVEREIGN STAKES.—EIf laid in front to the corner of the plantations, where the Circassian filly passed her and made strong play ; Felo-de-se went up at the ropes, and a splendid race between her and the other two-yr-old ended in a dead heat. In the deciding heat the struggle commenced immediately they started, and continued so fierce to the end that the Circassian filly won by a head only. The race was remarkable not less for the closeness with which it was disputed in both heats, than for the great ability shown by the riders, Wm. Day and Win. Cotton, mere.children, but possessing intelligence and professional skill in an uncommon degree. CHESTERFIELD STASES.—After- three or four false starts Estelle and Mr. Watt's filly went off with the lead, Monimia lying well up with them. At the top of the hill it was clear that the heavy weights had no chance, and that the race was left to Monimia and Estelle, the former, in fact, took up the running here, kept it in front to the end, and won cleverly by a length, Estelle having the same advantage over Macremma. Alms and the Margaret colt wer.'e beaten off. The winner is a pony in height, but is lengthy and uncommonly neat; she was brought to the post in beautiful condition. HANDICAP.—St. Vitus and Arsenic cut out the work till within half a dozen strides of the cords, where the former gave up ; Arsenic took up the running, but was immediately passed by St. , Peray, and beaten 1 - 1 a length. Morella was a good third. Previous to the races the stud of the late Lord Berners was sold by Mr. Tattersall, as follows : STALLION. Guineas. , A Brown Horse, 6 yrs old, by Lamplighter, out of Spinning Jenny lIORSES IN TRAINING. A eh. m., 4 yrs, by Oscar, daps by Rubens A ch. f., 3 yrs, by Lamplighter, darn by Oscar, out of Ca marine's dim A b. c., 2 yrs, by Cetus., out of Rotterdam A b. f., 2 yrs, sister to Phosphorus 220 YEARLINGS. Ab. f., by Lamplighter, d. by ()Scar, out of Camarine's d 420 A b. f., sister to Phosphorus . . A ch. c., by Ishmael, out of illalvina 7l . BROOD MARES, SLC. Rotterdam, by Juniper, out of Spotless, by Walton, covered byßococo ... ........ ..... 4O A ch. rn., by Rubens, out of spotless covered by Rococo Filly foal, by buzzard, out of the Spotless mare. ... 47 3lalvina by o , xar, out of Spotless, covered by Rococo ......280 Colt foal , by Ibrahim, out of Malvina A ch. m., by Rubens., out of Tinpityvvichet, covered by I..".mn'i ,- hter. This mare is the jam of Camarine ... Colt fk;al; by Lampli”hter, out of Camarine's dam (own , , b .other to Phosphorus) A ch. m. by Oscar, olt of Camarine's tiim (foaled in 1830), . covered by Lamplighter Thr Imu?, , . and pal,lo,k on bill Hill was sold from the same box by Tattersah's nephew for 815/. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANkEUPTCY, JULY 13. A Sub-division Court vi-.ls held to-day in the case of R. Becton, of Blackfriars road, linen-draper, against whom a fi It was i , ,ht:ed a slinrt time ago. At private and other meet ings held before Mr. Comm;ssioner Evans, the bankrupt, in accountito? for his Lessee in trade, alleged that he had sold 1,703/. worth of pror:etty at half the invoice price to a plrty he did not knew. Tl.e c.; editor arid the si,ners sere not sari fled v.ith th;s explonation, and an adjournment to a Sub- Division Cow t to:.k place. to-day. Ile hal b en in luisinc-s in 13Lckfrar:-ro.A frnin Oetob! r, 1332 to Juce last ; that his d e l;rs were al.out 4 0001 ; that his stock ullen he left h's shop was worts - aht,nt 1,500/ ; that he bad Feld at v,riou , times property at half the invoice prices to a m in on- Water'.oo.bi - idge wh so name and business he did not know, and that the last lot of goods so 'sold had - not yet been paid for. . Th.; Commissioners, after a patient investiga tion of the c,;se, did not believe the - statenwnt of the bankrupt, and Lr.:ercl him to b^ committed to New-21%ts. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From Fhe ;. - eu, London Price Carrera of last Evening.) SUL:Vt.—For British Plantation there was a goo.l demand in the early pars of the week : the reliersre were the principal buyers, and the rotes previously cstaislished were supported; oa Tuesday the purchases arnomeet! to 600, ant! cn Wednesday to 1,000 hhds and Ire, besides on the former day 129 ithda Earhadoes at auction fetched former rates ; ored to fine brought 57s 60 to 63s 6d; yesterday, however, there was lea ba dress doing, th quantity sold amounting to on'y 400 Mi; and trs at termer prices; low.sh yellow and grey :augers have beee sold at 53; to 5.1 a mid dLto 553 to 57,, pod 57s 60 to 59s 60, aud a tine board of Antigua was sold at 61e Gd. There has been mere• activity in the Refined ,Market this week ; a good demand has been experieacsd for grocery de.scription3; Lumps . ache: u rd: r the standard hare brought 74; to 74; 6.1, and those passing 73e; the shippers leave come forwerd more freely, anti business to a fair extort s its; beet, transacted in double Crushed at 33s Gd to 345. and fur ther purchases could -net be made exc: pang as the later figure. Meuse rr us.—This statenoon there was only a limited Lthiness doing, and 4,094 bags at auction sold 60 to I s lower, the greater decline on the Worsts descriptions, good mid-and good bright yellow brought 53s to aes, low and yrid with strength 515 to 535, mid and good brown 49s to 50s 60, erd 45s 6d, black 40s per cwt. East I:suttee—This afternoon Bengal was less in request, and 3,035 bags at auetioa went at rather lower rates for the ord kinds, the better sorts supported their former t urrency, one lot very fine white brought G6s, fine (3:ls d e l a 64s 6d, mid 61s 6d a - 625, rather dingy 604 tid a 616 o ,d 59; 6,1, damps 60, 60 st 625, washed Si); a 63s Ed, siring sound yd. tow 50; a 393 Gd, mid 57; a 5Sa 6 1, d.unps 57; a dOs. cop ea —This afternoon 3,107 bags Brazil were offered at auction, all of welch found buyers, but at a reduce on on previous rates of Is on gee d ord., and Is 6d on ord. descriptions, the former with velour went at 37s a Sib, and the latter 34s 6.1 a 365. British Plantation continues to eel freely : at auction 111 casks Jamaica went again ratht r dearer for the lower qualities; the better sorts brought full prices, and in some instances they were a shade higher ; fine sold at 129 s to 130 s, middling and low naiddling 1031e0110,, good era. brown 98s to 100 s. Ceylon is also in good request for consumption ; 4,017 bags auction went 26 dearer, .ord, sold at 63; to 84s, good and fine ord. 86s to 881 per cwt. INDroo.—The large public sales consisting of 9,582 chests East India, commenced on Tuesday last, in the presence of a numerous attendance of the trade. TheY'have generally brought 20 to 4d advance, on the April salo's rates; raid. and defective sorts on the first day went with less spirit, teed more unevenly, at from Let sale's prices to 20 discount proprietors having met the buyers very freely. For the Madras there was resuels competition, anti the prices obtained are 4d to 60 above those efthe April sales. Up to this afternoon 3,347 chests have passed the sale, of which on!y 360 chests have been bought in and withdrawn. TEA,--with the exception of Bohea, which his been sold on rather easier terns, prices of other sorts have undergone no variation since our last report. The demand in the early part of the week was limited for both Black and Green sorts ; yesterday and to-day buyers came forward more freely, and purchased at a fair event at the rates previously established. n ureio this afternoon 160,600 packages have passed the sale, of which 34,000 have found buyers. SALTPIITRe. — rough is held fur fully previous rates; the purchases, however, have been offered to a limited extent. English Refined has sold steadily at the qUotatioas. On Friday next, 2,soobags will be offered at auction. This afternoon the auctions consisted of 3,504 bags, which met a good demand at previous sates, Madras refraction 111 to 8 per cent. brought 225 to 533; Calcutta 81 to 31 per cent. 23s 6d to 24s 6d per cwt. Box, BILANDI, AND HOLLAND3!—The Rum market continues to present an animated appearance ; there has been - a brisk. de mand since our last report for both Jamaica and Lsewards, 'and an advance on forms Kates of la •to Id per gallon has been obtained. Brandy has been taken sparingly, first brands of the vintage of 1836 are net to be purchased under 3s 7d to 3s Bd. In Geneva the trans. actions have been limited at late rates. British Corn Spirits are 10s, there is, however, not much demand. OILS—For Linseed Oil there has been a good demand at 26s a 26s 6d. In Rape thePlirchaies babe been only to a limited extent at late prices. Palm has sold heavily at 40/..; a good demand has been experienced since our last at prices fully equal to those previously quoted ; at public sale 100 tuns Southern sold at 211 a 2715 s for ord. to good quality. Itres.—.ast India has been less in request, and a part only of 2,400 bags Bengal at auction, found buyers at 6d decline, good mid and good white selling at 145 60 to 15s 6d, IoW miell3s to 13; 6el ; the remainder was bought in at 14e 6d to 15s for good mid. TALLOW.—This inarket . has become quiet, and prices are not so good as they were last week. The demand for St. Petersburg Yellow Candle for consuinptiaii hal been liMited, and 47s 6d to 475. 9d has been ac cepted for first , quality. For delivery the operations have been trivial, at 463 . 6 d per cwt. SPlCES.—Pimento at public sale sold, coarse shipping quality at 310., fair 3111. For Pepper there has been a steady request; went at aid a 31,1 for good half heavy Eastern, and 3id for ord. dusty East India. 4,000 packets, Sec., Bengal . at auction brought 21s a 21s Gd for fair. Cinnamon in small parcels 'Continue to find buyers at 3d a 4d profit on late rates. Wooe.—For the Colonial there was a brisk demand at prices lad a sad per lb above those of the last auctions; East India, Spanish, German, and other kinds sold readily at previous rates. COTTON.—This afternoon 2,330 bales Surat and 1,629 Madras were offered at auction ; of the former only a third part sold at their previous value, ord. at 4d to 4ed ; of the latter only 50 bales found buyers at 4ed for inferior, being:late prices. COAL MAR Ships Arrived sine, Per Ton. 3. .1. Adair's. l7 6 Chester Main Holywell .KET.-July 13. last martt‘t r day. 40. s. rer Tun. d to 0 Walls End Stewart's Walls Era Hartlepool 93 0 Dixon's Butterkno w l l6 3 Wall; End Adelaide 2l 0 Walls End Barrington Tees l9 3 Walls End Flintaff Tees 2O 0 Walls End Seymour Tees Walls End lees 2l 0 Walls End West Hetton Walls End West Tees ll 0 Blythe l5 0 13rampton Main ......... . Silkstone Wilson.... Walls End Devonahire l4) 0 Walls End Elgin. Pontop Windsor lB 3 Russell's High Main l6 South Tanfield Wylam . Walls End Heaton :2O 9 Walls End Hilda Walls End Killingworth 19 9 Walls End Braddyil'a Helton 22 6 Walk End Haswell -o 6 Walls End Iletton 23 0 Walk End Larnbton 30 Walls 6;:i Russel's He ton... 22 9 Captain Morris, the well-known convivial son°. writer, died on Wednesday morning at Drookbarn Lodge, near Dorking'', in Surrey. He wa3 in his 93d ye r, 'and had for many years past livcd in retirement; his illness, which Vas only of four days' duration, was internal inflammation. MR. BENNETT'S GUIDE FOR TRAVELLERS IN NORTH \VALES, with 20 Etchings, by A. Clint. This is a beautiful work—as delightful a one as we have met with for tunicy years. It abounds with sketches, admirably executed, of many of those charmin g vales and mountains in the beautiful country of which it tre a t s. It raords us also specimens of some of the national airs of Wales, givi ng us the music of them as welt as thew. The work will add greatly to Mr. Bennett's reputation. It is, a book of travels written with a poet's love or nature,- a hunmurist'S cheerfulness, and in a scholarly and pleasing style It abounds in Welsh legends, humorous and otherwise, and the reflective portion or it does the author singular credit.—Court Journal. We extract the following ) , without addir,7 a word of comment, from a private letter ree:ived from a resperlable gentleman in the West Highlands :—" There is a strange plague reported to be in Macleod's country.; the ground is in great part covered with a red worm, which consumes the grass and destroys the pasture; the earth is red. Th priple ascribe it to the dertulation of the land ; and that one of their bards prophesied that the sheep would de:troy the people, and the sheli would be destroyed by the pasturc."—lnverness Courier. - SLAVERY IN MALABAII. t ~ - t - Bombay -Gazette. - ) . It has been long known to the Court. of Directors that Slavery existed to a frightful extent in this part of their dominions and that the system on which it is upheld -is a thousand times more degrading than that which met with so large a portion of public reprobation', in out West Indiati and other Colonies. It - was known that the value of a Malabar slave was lower than that of the most ordinary descriptions of cattle, and that- consequently, in the eyes of an owner, the life of an ox, a sheep or a goat was more highly prized, and better taken care of than that of • a fellow 'being, inheriting the sameimmortal•destiny as himself; and . posseesed' . of the usual faculties, feelings, and sympathies of human nature. The documents in which all these important and appalling facts are fully stated,inay be superseded in the atten tion of the Court by others of a more recent date, but it ought to be knov - n to the people of England that they are in -exis tence, and it is a duty which every friend of his species ewes to the cause of humanity, to call for their produc tion, that the energies of a nation which has been ever foremost in the practice of benevolence may be directed to the extinction of one of the foulest .'disgraces of our Indian admi nistration. The British public has yet to learn that in one of the fairest provinces of Western India alone, there is at this moment several hundreds of thousands of human beings, liable to every description of suffering, that the value placed upon the head of these wretched beings is we more than, according to sex and age, from . six to .less than two shillings each. One gentleman lone in North Malabar possesses considerably up wards.of a thousand, and, instead of denouncing the acquisi tion of such property, Government aided and encouraged both himself and his father in this worse than West' India ownership of slaves. Will it be believed that the purchase of a slave, which in Bombay would be treated as a crime, is, in the part of the country referred to, not only customary, but lawful? We know that there is not a servant of Government in the south of India who is not intimately acquainted with the alarming fact, that hundreds of• thousands, of • his fellow creatures, are fettered down for life to thedegreded destiny of slavery. We know that these unfortunate beings are not, as is the case in - other countries, serfs of the soil, and in capable of being transferred at the pleasure of their owners from one estate to another; no, they are daily sold like cattle by one proprietor to' another, the husband is separated from the wife, arid the parent from the child. They are loaded with every indignity, the utmost possible quan tity of labour is exacted from them, and the most meagre fare that human nature can possibly subsist upon is doled out to support them; Will 'it be believed that Govern ment itself participates in this description of property ; that it actually holds possession of slaves, end lets their out for 'hire to the - cultivetore of the country, the rent. of a whole family being, two fsnams, or half a rupee per annum? These people aro shattered Lear the vim& of Muthilagata on the island of Chethay in Southern Malebar e . and formerly belonged to the Dutch Government ; but came into our Possession on the conquest of : Cochin, Besides these there are a conSiderable number of other slaves in different parts 'of the province, from whom no revenue is derived but who are considered by their emploeers as much their private property, as if they had purchased them. These have come into the pessresioa of the Company either by escheat or by the rebellion of their former owners, and are consequently forfeited along with the property of which they fi;rnied a part It may be asked by some one who has not inquired into the subj:ct, whether, in the improvement which has taken [lace in the administration of the country since we assumed the direction of is affairs, the situation of the slave part of the popula tion has not been rendered in many respects more com . fertable? This ne ere sorry to say, has nut been the case. The Slave in every rosp.ict, as to severity of labour, insuffi ciency of food, and clothing, exposure to storm and r.unshine, and liability t > be torn away from his kindred, and sold to the highest bdd er s centinucs the same be peless being as before. The boasted mildness and evity of our alminiettatinn has dme tiothine to alleviate an evil which has loten truly deno minated the bitterest under the sun. The eerse ot Wcs - t India shivery n as nsthing to that of shivery i n Mnlabar and the ad jeinieg prey nces. In the former, the bitt erness o f the cup was not unn,inglcd with a few sweets, which partly reconc il e d the slave populetion to their deem. They had good food, comfortable dwellings and sufficieat . elothine 'I hey Isere ,al lowed to purchase their Trcelom,' and many of theni accumu lated the wherewithal te set themselves at liberty. Let us contrast this picture of West forhan Slarcry with that which exists uedir our rule in this county. There is a r. galas allowance of food se' sport for the slexce, which allowaece rs not nay° than half of vilest is necessary for the comfortable sabsisteece of a Man or woman. This allowancA, miserable as it is at tile . very best, is i.i many instancss diminiened to about a at the Cipeice of a cruel or an avaricious master, and it is re, quently withdrawn altogether on those days when there is no work to be done. T:icr clothing is scanty in the extreme, even ire a country in which that of their free fellow come t-}teen. is barely suftici. lit to protect them from the weather. Forme she suppeeecti impmity of tl.eie crea'ure2, their daellings are in. most ease.; situated at a. great d;stance from those of their more civilize." fellow-creatures, in .the most un- Loiltby ar.d desolate trAct3 of the district which is the scene of their d,gradation. , They have no holidays whatever, but work all he year - ecund _from meriting to 'eight, and watch frJrn night till 'homing. The labour mcst prejudicial to health is on all. cc asions allottcd to them, the wet lands being cul tivated almost exclusively 'uy slaves. They are subjected to the lash, they aro put into: the stocks, and they are cast in very often for the most trivial off2nces. They Lyre no• , spot' .13-; ground- .tci_ cultivate for them selves, and if even - out. of the miserable pittance that is allowed them they could save a- stun of money equal to the value -which•is put upon them when sold by,their masters, they are prohib:ted from purchasing their freedom 1 Can any thing be more monstrous, more appalling, than this dreadful sentence which .has been passed on so large a portion of our fellow - creatures? Or is there anythiag which could be there properly taken into consideration by the philanthropic portico of the Beitish Parliament? • - • . • _ SUPERIOR WINES, the PROPERTY of an OFFICER of HIGH RANK in the EAST INDIES, and now deposited in the Cellars of his Town Mansion. MR. GEORGE ROBINS is empowered to SELL by AUCTION at' the Great Rooms in Covent- Garden, on, MoNnAv , the 30th. of July, a.t,Tvvelve,o'clock, The exceedingly select and very choice portion of Wines of AN OFFICER OF lIIGHRANK I from the East Inches. They Were originally iniported : by him, di rect from the places of their growth, were deposited for some years in his Cellars in India, and have been bottled since his return. The real connoisseurs and admirers of such Wines are especially invited to this Sale, in the full assurance that the opportunity is one too rare to be disregarded. The following are the quantities to be offered to public ccmpeti tion,rand viz. : 480 Quart Bottles old East India'4B Bottles St. Peray c Madeira. *Mousseux. 240 Pints of the same. 48 ditto Rose Ickux. 720 Quart Bottles of exceedingly 96 Betties of fine red and white fine old brown Sherry. Hermitage. 480 Pint Bottles of -ditto. . ditto of Coti Roti Rouge et 480 Quart Bottlei n of very old Blanc.. • & high-flavoured Teneriffe. & 48 ditto of Muscat de Frontignan, 720 Pint Bottles of the same. &c. &c. &u. The whole will be delivered from the Proprietor's Cellars, where they sere all bottled by Capel and Co.,'and are with confidence re commended to the serious attention of eonnoisseurs. Covent- Garden. IN 'MONMOUTHSHIRE. The HILSTON ESTATE, FIVE MILES FROM MON PA T ie E h MOUTH, in the MOST INTERESTING COUNTY, NEAR 600 ACRES ef LAND, NIRTETLL St NANTED. MR. GEORGE ROBINS is directed to SELL by AUCTION, at the Beaufort—Arms, Monmouth, on FitinAr, the 17th of August, at Twelve, for One; (mast. A valuable FREEHOLD PROPERTY. The HILSTON ESTATE for many years had stood high in public estimation, when it became renowned by Sir ROBERT BROWNRIGGE, Bart., fixing on this enchanting spot to retire from t.s turmoils of public life, and dispense OLD ENGLISH HOSPITALITY in a style well worthy of imitation. His successor would have fol lowed so amiable an example, but fate (against which few of us can contend) had ordained it otherwise. The Mansion was con sumed by fire, and its progress only stopped on the ground floor, although a great portion of valuable materials are safely deposited on the spot. The Court-yard and Buildings escaped without in jury, inclosing capital stabling, eoachhouees, and most excellent appointed faces throughout. The new possessor will have the pleasure in creating a new edifies, to avail himself of the improve ments suggested by the present schwa of architecture, astri in the itable t meantime ga t ib h , ( l e ae p . r l n tst c lo i e pal rndeutc f ah a i r l m boyf - h iwt o sa u yi e olfn m iinf i ot g lr h do t d(lau b ca e tiiio r lin e c .nde poin atTio r i : es d a u . nexFi rst lyt I e IS A AcR L E L 3 FREEHOLD, INCLUDING X9l RINGINCFDEINNG gCE The Estate A moderate tithe AND LOW POOR RATE. Around the THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1838. SPLENDID RUINS of HILSTON are 54 ACRES, DI L POSED and GOA in WODSRDE, NS. SHRUBBERIES, AWNS, The Efate Ss divided into four farms, and the tenantry modelled on the old school—the primitive feeling is happily not extinct—in -short_tha schoolmaster has not visited this neighbourhood the con sequence is that CONTENT AND HAPPINESS ARE DEPICTURED IN THEIR COUNTENANCES; to which a singular fact may be appended THERE IS NOT ONE GUINEA OF ARREAR. The situation claims to be especially noticed; the grounds look down upon a RICHLY WOODED VALLEY, WITH THE MONNOW RIVER MEANDERING BELOW, so much prized for its highly flavoured fish. The panorama, which is presented from the COEDANGRA HILL, should be seen in order to give a moderate appreciation of it. It embraces a prodigious extent of country, in which is prominent the Kymin, with its ancient tower. The Blorenge Hills, GREAT SKERRID OR HOLY MOUNTAIN, with the Black MountaiNi in the distance, presenting a landscape not less diversified than beautiful, and such a one as would at once incline a purchaser to add to it once more AN ABODE WORTHY OF THE M. P. FOR MONMOUTEL There is plenty of game, lots of hunting, with two packs of fox hounds close by, and TINTERN. ABBEY AND PIERCEFIELD are within a morning's drive. To this it may be added, that if a valetudinarian be desirous of extending his lease of life, the climgte is s u it e d to give him a very long term. It is exceedingly mild, and longe v ity prevails around. Snow is all but a stranger there. The Upper Grove is a Farm Hens:, suited to a gentleman's temporary occepatior.; and there are pews in two churches. The Estate can be viewed by applying to the tenants, and parti culars had at the best inns at Ross, Monmouth, Newport, and Chel tenham, with plans to each; also at Mr. Rob;us's offices, London. IN DEVON, NEAR TO CREDITON. AN EXCELLENT PROPERTY FOR RESIDENCE AND INVESTMENT.' r• • • • THE FUIDGE ESTATE, ALTOGETHER 453 ACRES, WELL TENANTED. •• ON LEASE AT A LOW RENT. R. GioRidi.RoBINS is directed to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, London, on THURSDAY, the 2d of August, at Twelve o'Clock, in One Lot, A VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, • suited to a residence, and admirably adapted to , _ A SAFE INVESTMENT FOR CAPITAL. , The property is desirably placed within easy reach of two capital markets, and known as THE FUIDGE ESTATE, Seven miles only from Oakhampton and not far distant from Tiver ton, and only half a mile removed from the high FALMOUTH AND LONDON MAIL-ROAD. It consists of a FAMILY RESIDENCE, which within the last twenty-five years was erected at an expence of near EIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS, the owner having probably in view the REPRESENTATION OF OAKHAMPTON, it is, however, imperative to state, that in the absence of the fa mily's utcupation, neglect and dilapidation become an un willing inmate ; fortunately, it' does not extend beyond ornamental decorations. The building is most solid, the floors of oak, and with the aid of a little tact, and a small expenditure, it will resume its former rank, and the situation will be very encouraging to incline a purchaser to this outlay. The scenery that encompasses this retired and de lightful estate, is decidedly very far beyond, any thing for miles around, and the drive from the London road to the abode is ro mantic and beautiful. The views which are extensive, are termi nated by Dartmoor. The Estate is divided into TWO EXCELLENT FARMS, . . T• (the Farm Houses away from the Manor House) consisting alto getherF of OUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE ACRES ' of very good convertable land. The crops of corn give positive proof of its quality, and its congeniality for turnips leave it no longer a doubtful point. It is within a ring fence, and in the occupation of two excellent and respectable tenants, on Lease, at a rental much at variance with the IMPROVED STATE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE ; giving great encouragement to an increased revenue en the det er .. ni a tion of the present Leases. The present low rental is T HREE HUNDRED AND NINETY POLINDS A YEAR. THE REAL VALUE 450 GUINEAS A YEAR. It should be remarked that tttis is quite independ en t , of the resi dence, gardens and lawn, which, after a few hundred pounds have been e xpended will add an additional 1001. a-y ear t o t h e i ncome. A sporting man will feel tempted to reside in a country where there is lots of game, and grouse shooting, with plenty of wild fowl. Fox-hounds and harriers close at hand : fishing in abund ance, and a rookery to diversify occasionally th e qu i et and re pose of this favored spot : to this may be added a must important fact—The whole FREE OF LAND TAX ; And the Fuidge Farm is FREE FROM GREAT TITHE, AND THE POOR-RATES UNCOMMONLY Low ; to which it may be stated as a singular feature, te tenants have never desired any abatement of rent, and during the severe crisis the rents were paid within fourteen days after they became due ; the capitalist will find very few parallel cases; it be comes, therefore a pleasing t a sk to invite those who have 3 per c en t s. at command to transfer them (and before it is too late) into the more solid and permanent security of land. . _ Particulars may be hail, twenty-one days prior to the sale, at the Inns at Oakhampton and Crediton ; the New Londorflnn, Exeter; the Royal Hotel, Teignmouth ; of Messrs. Burfoots, Solicitors, King's Bench-walk, Temple ; Meth's. Bicknell, 'Roberts, and Finch, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Mr. Cann, SOlicitor, Exet;r • Mr. Newman, Solicitor, Yeovil ; the M ar t, and a t Mr. Robin 's " owes, London. FREEHOLD EgTAT : , IN (? READ -NEWBORT-STREET , • • 'T:ONG-ACRE. • GEORGE ROBINS, will SELL by AUCTION at the Mart. London, on THURSD A the ion cf the Executor 2d of August, at Twelve o'Clock, - -by dirc. of John Henry Frolick, Esq., duceased, A Valuable FREEHOLD PROPERTY for very safe Investment ; it comprehends A CAPITAL RESIDENCE, with a DOUBLE-FRONTED SHOP, the corner of GREAT NEWPORT-STREET and PORTER-STREET, _ _ Long- acre. It was originally two houses, and by means of an outlay of money was modelled into one superior abode. The Shop is capacious, and presents a most commanding front. Mr. CHARLTON, THE EMINENT - GROCER, is the lessee, who has still an unexpired term of 17 year, at a very INADEQUATE RENT OF ONE HUNDRED POUNDS CLEAR RENT PER ANNUM. He expended a considerable sum in altering and improving the property, and to this circumstance may be traced the exceedingly low rent. Particulars twenty.one days prior to the Sale of Mr. Cornwall, solicitor, Warwick -street, Charing-cross ; the Auction Mart ; and in Covent-garden. IN HERTS. A CAPITAL VILLA RESIDENCE, ON A LARGE SCALE, WITH ITS DELIGHTFUL PARK, PLANTA TIONS AND PLEASURE GROUNDS, EXTENDING TO NEAR 100 ACRES, 'TWELVE 'MILES FROM LONDON. MR. GEORGE ROBINS is' directed by the Proprietor to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, in London, on THURSDAY, the 28th of August, at Twelve o'Clock, in One Lot, A distinguished FREEHOLD VILLA, modelled on THE ITALIAN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE in its exterior, and a darn; all the comfortless appearance within that is too apparent in the Italian provinces. It was purchased some twelve years since by TIIE RIGHT HON. LORD NORTHLAND, when it had assumed the character only of a minor Villa. By means of an expenditure that has extended to at least TEN THOUSAND POUNDS, and the advantage of extraordinary tact and judgment, it may now claim to rank high upon the moat distinguished abodes of London's vicinity ; it presents a double front, and it would be somewhat difficult to proclaim which of the two predominates. A Colonnade and Veranda enhances the effect, beside affording facility to indulge in the luxuriant view which encompasses it on every side. The ensemble is as nearly perfect as a combination of art and nature can combine, and the delightful illusion is completed by A SPLENDID CONSERVATORY OF THE SCHOOL. The Lawns are adorned by countless thousands of plants and shrubs. The Parterres and Walks laid out with consummate taste extending to many acres, adorned by stately timber until it approaches THE PARK AND ORNAMENTAL WATER continuing the scene, which is really one approaching Elysium. The new made and thickly-grown plantations—the rural bridge— the French gardens, and the hermitage, termin ) %tes in a picture of surpassing beauty. THE SPLENDID ABOD4 is commensurate to all the legitimate desires of a family of high pretensions ; there is an admixture of comfort and elegance that required the MASTER MIND OF AN ARTISTE to arrive at. On an emergency, it has facilities to accommodate a tigsT OF VISITORS ; yet ingenuity has so contrived it, that there is a total absence of that comfortless feeling which belongs to the significant term of being over-housed. It will be found, however, that although it does not aspire to allthe attributes of CA S lIIOBURY PARK, its neighbouring and vuccessful rival, yet for comfort and accommo• dation, it will not yield one jot. THE DOMAIN IS NEAR ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF PARK GROUNDS and prolific meadows, including the extensive plantations, lawns, and pleasure grounds. The kitchen-gardens are fully equal to supply the family. 'I here is beside a grapery and melon grounds. 'I he society far and trar is remarkable for its social qualities ; and sl‘orting in its comprehensive form may be numbered amongst its fruit itud:nous agreinens. It should have been observed that for a winter- residence it claims precedence of any neighbouring com iwer. It is secluded by its richly wooded scenery from the piercing cold; and the by-gone winter has given proof as " strong as Holy Writ" to this assertion, inasmuch as the plants have been sustained triumphantly throughout the fearful season that has passed. The inan4on, by means of a peculiar stove, is warmed by hot water; and in depth of winter, cold is estranged from this mansion of comfort. It can only be viewed by cards. Particulars, with a Drawing (at 6d. each) may be had 21 days' prior to the sale at the principal Inn at Watford, Elstree, and Stanmore ; of Messrs. Capron, Well, Dawson, and Brabant, Saville-row; the Mart; and the ()dices in Covent-garden. Al' BRIGHTON. A FREEHOLD :RESIDENCE in Brunswick-terrace, with the • appropriate FURNITURE, if desired. 'MIR., GEORGE ROBINS will SELL by AUCTION, at the Old Ship., _Brighton, °it TUESDAY, Augu3t 7 (the. (Lly before the . Bright:m.raols), at Twelve, A distinguished FREEHOLD RESIDENCE; it is No. 12, in the centre of BRUNSWICK7TEP.:IACE, and one of those which claims preeeden Le over some of its neigh bours, by having double windows, besides being very congenial to thosewilo, in the pursuit of the - DELIGHTFUL AIR AT BRIGHTON, ' dislike not the comfort of a warm house; it contains the • most ample accommodation for _ A FAiNIILVOF THE HIGHEST CLASS. _ . At least Twenty Reds can be conveniently made up, and the prin cipal rooms are all well-proportioned, extending to back rooms for the establishment of the servants; a double coach-house an five stall stable, with rooms over. The whole in very excellent order for constant occupation, either as a sate investment, or with a view to reside at a moderate expense at Brighton, Mr. Robins can strongly recommend this mansion. Particulars twenty-one days prior to the sale, at the libraries, and 'the Old Ship, Brighton, the Mart, and at Mr. George Robins's Offices, in Covent Garden. AT BRIGHTON. Hampton Ledge., with its admired grounds and Appendages ; also the Seven uniform Abodes contiguous, ALL FREEHOLD. R. GEORGE ROBINS is authorised to SELL by AUCTION, at the Old Ship, Brighton, en TUESDAY, Aug. 7, the day before the Brighton Races, in several Lots, the elegant FREEHOLD MARINE VILLA RESIDENCE, the property of ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD CODRINGTON, MP., & G.C.B. This Residence was always accounted one of the leading features of Brighton, and, by the aid of good taste and a vast outlay of money, it claims now 'a distinguished place in public opinion. It is adorned by a stone colonnade, with classic pillars4opening to the lawn and shrubbery grounds. The grand entree is through the ele gant-conservatory, which leads to all the principal rooms. It is not intended to enter into a detail of all the qualifications within, in the expectation that a bidder will prefer to see it. It may, however, be well to observe that there aro eleven bed chambers, making up altogether 23 beds ; the rooms are well proportioned, and there is ne lack of family comfort throughout. The:court-yard encloses same of the best stabling in Brighton, standing for three carriages; seven capital roomy stalls, all fitted up in a novel manner. The villa is sufficiently removed from the sea to avoid the inconvenience and partake of the shelter afforded by the little town which fills up the intermediate space, and the sea views are not unpleasantly im peded. Also, in Lots, SEVEN UNIFORM LITTLE VILLAS, - built in a most substantial and expensive manner. The Brighton builders may safely adopt the architectural taste that is so conspi cuous. These abodes are full of comfort, and retiring tradespeople may resort here and live in clover, and at a moderate rent Mr. Robins very earnestly recommends this property to public attention. It can be viewed Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, from Twelve till Three, One Month antecedent to the Sale, by applying for a card to fi r. Creasy, at Brighton; particulars also of him; all the libraries; the Old Ship and Club House; and at Mr. George Robin's offices, London. VERY NEAR TO BRIGHTON. A SMALL VILLA with OFFICES arid FIVE ACRES of MARKET GARDEN GROUND, at PORTSLADE, on the ROAD to SHOREHAM. R. GEORGE ROBINS iS directed to SELL by AUCTION, at the Old Ship, Brighton, on TUESDAY, the 7th of August, at Twelve o'clock. A VALUABLE PROPERTY, either for Occupation or In vestment. It consists of A SNUG RESIDENCE, suited.to a compact family, with suitable offices. It has frequently during the Brighton season been selected as an affreeable retreat, and amongst the adarirus may be numbered Dr. Yates. of Brigh ton celebrity, who has domesticated in this little Bijou for two suc ceeding seasons.__The situation is quite beautiful, in a__ ' VALLEY of REMARKABLY RICH SOIL environed by the LOFTY CHAIN of MOUNTAIN DOWNS, which secure it from the bleak and cutting winds, and are beside a sad enemy to vegetation. There is FIVE ACRES OF PROLIFIC MARKET GARDEN GROUND, stocked with little thousands of Apples, Pears, Gooseberries, Cur rants, Cherries, and Green-gage trees, with • PLANTATIONS of RASPBERRIES and STRAWBERRIES, beside Seakale, Rhubarb, and Asparagus, in the greatest abundance. A mushroom house 106 feet long ; A SPLENDID GRAPERY 100 feet in length, with very select vines 'ln full bearing. The buildings are all of the vety best kind, and when its contiguity to the FIRST WATERING PLACE in EUROPE, and its capability to profit by the countless thousands who congre gate there is taken into consideration, it will not be doubted that these Gardens may be made a source of considerable annual revenue. It can be seen by particulars of Sale, which may be had 21 days prior, at the Old Ship, and the Libraries, Brighton; and of Mr. Nias, agent, Brighton ; and at the Offices in Covent-garden. THE BOROUGH TOWN OF HONITON.. The 11IANOR and ESTATE of NORTHCOTE, EXCEEDING .200 ACRES, WITHIN the 130ROLIGII, and CLOSE to the TOWN. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. GEORGE ROBINS, At the Golden Lion Inn, at lioniton, on THURSDAY, the 26th of July, at Twelve for Oae, most punctually, in Lots, A. SINGULARLY DESIRABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY for INVESTMENT, combining advantages that are rarely concentrated in one Estate ; a few only will be noticed in the following short outline : THE MANOR AND ESTATE OF NORTHCOTE consists of about TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE ACRES, including some of the best Land in the County. THE VALE OF HONITON is alike famed for the beauty of its scenery and the fertility of the soil. The neighbourhood has always been prone to good fellow ship, and the s oc i e ty i s a ll th a t can b e d es i re d. Th e L an ds are ad mirably placed ; the MAIL ROAD TO LONDON passes through the Estate ; the greater portion can be irrigated at pleasure ; and as DAIRY AND GRAZING FARMS, they have no fear from comparison any where. There is beside much accommodation Land close to the Town. THE SITES FOR BUILDING are very attl active, and such a speculation would not be unsuccess ful, as THE SEATS FOR HONITON are uniformly contested. THE RIVER OTTER IS THE BOUNDARY, and the Trout Fishing is admirable. The mail and best appointed coaches in England are constantly passing and repassing, and the Roads are most excellent. It is altogether a most desirable Estate to all such as prefer a safe and certain income, arising from some of the best Land in England, to three per cent. at 95, with a very probable re-action. Pews in the Old and New Church are amongst its manifold advantages. Mr. Hayman, of Northcote, will show the Estate. Particulars, with plans, may be had a month antecedently at the best inns at Honiton, Taunton, Ilminster;-the" New London, Exeter ; of J. G. Coleridge Esq., Ottery St. Mary; Messrs. Bickeell, Roberts, and Finch, Lincoln's-inn- fields; ene Mart; and Mr. George Ro bins's Offices, Covent-garden. AT TEIGNNOUTII, IN DEVON. - - - - HENNON-HILL HOUSE, on the verge of the ToWn, a GOTHIC VILLA, - of HIGH PRETENSIONS, with TEN ACRES of RICH PASTURES SURROUNDING IT; and EAST TEIGNMOUTII HOUSEi a capital FAMILY,RESI DENCE, NEAII to the SEA, with LAWN and SHRUB BERY GROUNDS of ONE ACRE: MR. GEORGE ROBINS is directed to SELL by AUCTION, at the Royal Hotel, Teignmouth, on TUESDAY, the 21st of A ug ust, at Twelve o'clock - for One, in Two Lots, A SPLENDID GOTHIC VILLA RESIDENCE, fitted up throughout in the pure taste OF THE ELIZABETHAN SCHOOL, and only recently completed under the superintendence of Mr. Gregg, a very promising and talented architect, of Exeter. The Edifi ce, • from its commanding appearance, has already acquired the distin. guished title to rank FIRST amongst its multitudinous compeers. The order of architecture is perfect, and there is within a corres ponding taste throughout—everything appears in good keeping, and the situation is pre-eminently calculated to increase its renown. It is placed on,the rising ground which gently reclines into the town, and, amongst a hundred varied views which are developed, the CONFLUENCE OF THE RIVER TEIGN WITH THE SEA will not fail to be appreciated. Villas of less pretensions are seen in. many directions, varied by ' "THE WATERS AND. WOODS," and the luxurious valley below, with Babbicomb in the distant view, presents a landscape that may be imagined, although it would be exceedingly difficult tb describe it. The grounds con nected with thisenchanting villa, although of recent creation, give promise of great luxuriance. They are adorned by flowering shrubs and American plants in countless numbers ; around which are the prolific pastures extending to about ten acres. The accommoda tion within the Mansion is every thing that a family can by pos sibility require, and all stch as have impaired their health in foreign climes, or been valetudinarians; the climes (and more especially on the summit of this lofty eminence, constantly partak ing of the genial influence of the sea breeze, and moderat e d as it progresses through th e woo dl an d scene r y i n the valley, which alone separates it from the ocean), willinfallibly restore them to health, and thus secure the great desideratum of longevity. Also EAST TEIGN3IOUTH HOUSE, a most comfortable family residence, in 'the •opposite direction to the villa, and more CLOSELY IN ALLIANCE WITH THE SEA. Within this abode will be found all the comfort that a large establish ment may desire ; and approaching to the town, it is envel o p e d i n grounds of nearly one acre, adorned by a lawn and extensive shrub beries of great beauty, terminated by a small conservatory. An in valid who may be advised to seek the Madeiras for the restoration of health, will find an admirable substitute here. The congeniality of this climate is proverbial, as the medical world (malheuruse ment for them) have long since discovered at Teignmouth. There is a Court-yard loci ising a double, coach -house, four-stall stable, and laundry ; in fact nothing appeal s wanting, unless M r . R o bi ns proclaims, with his usual adh erence to candoUr and truth, that a little embellishMent throughout will be found desirable, by which it is to be understood that although the structure needs no substan tial aid, the hand of a decorator may be used to advantage. From the principal rooms, all of which are well proportioned, the views are exceedingly delightful. It approaches the Sea, and TORQUAY and BABBICOMB in the distance, with its famed Picturesque Scenery, aid materially in perfecting the picture. By way of conclusion, it shockl be stated that the climate is so unsophisticated and.pure that Win ter is almost a stranger to the land, and while other watering places put on a cheerless and solitary character during, the Winter, Tcignmouth is full of the best company. The FROPEIITY ALL. FREEHOLD, and to be sold on VERY EQUITABLE TERMS. Payiieulars may be had twenty-one days prior to the sale (with a drawing at Gd. each) at the Libraries and. Royal. Hotel, Teign- Month ; Libraries at Ttn-quay, Sidmouth, and Dawlish ; New London Exeter; 'Messrs. Parke and Freeth, Solicitors, Lin coln's Inn-fields ; Messrs. Genre, Mountford, and Geare, rx 'ter • the A tetion "'that ; and at Mr. George RoLitr.4'S Office s, I.4nuetl. A .• • • • CAERLEON PRIORY, IN MONMOUTHSHIRE, THREE MILES FROM NEWPORT, WITH THE GROUNDS, AND PASTURE WHICH ENVIRON IT, AND SMALL FARMS, 'AT AN EASY ,REMOVE. MR. GEORGE ROBINS is honoured by. the - instructions cf T. Hooper, Esq., who is removing to Her dington Park, is SELL by AUCTION, at the Hotel in Newport, on SATURDAY, the 18th of August, at Twelve o'clock, AN IMPORTANT FREEHOLD ESTATE, which, amongst its manifold qualifications, claims a peculiar interest from its antiquity. • THE CAERLEON PRIORY may be traced, from Historical Records, as far back as the 6th century; there are still remaining outward and visible signs which indicate that the town was erected on the site of . A GREAT ROMAN CITY. It is not pretended that.time has not disturbed its original gran deur, as little trace of its former greatness is now perceptible. The Priory, however, seems to have been selected ase..favonred.trophy to hand down to a late posterity an incontrovertible proof of pro, vious celebrity. The reader need not be reminded that Caerleon is p!aced on the right bank , • OF THE RIVER USK, in the most enchanting part of Monmouthshire, where.the scenery is resplendent beyond the feeble power of the writer to . describe. But there is a sort of charm (if such an expression maybe forgiven) in its- being the sacred spot wherein will be : found . KING ARTHUR'S ROUND TABLE in the meadow, approximating upon the verdant lawn. The walls still exhibit the most striking remains of their ancient structure. The south-western side passes THE AMPHITHEATRE, OR ROUND TABLE in a direct parrailel to the river Usk, and skirting the lawn of the Abbey; it is an oval concavity, measuring 74 yards by 64, the sides gently sloping, are now covered, as well as the bottom, with turf, and the records from history proclaim it to be on .the site of a Roman amphitheatre„ The Priory is indebted to the present family for having escaped the fearful ravages of a later period. A very large expenditure, aided by consummate skill, has restored its bygone imperfections. • THE GOTHIC STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE prevails throughout, and within there is an admixture of taste and comfort, that •it may be imagined was not to be numbered amid its early attributes. we' There are two approaches, the one leading through the Gothic Gates'at the Lodge, the other passing through ' .THE TRANQUIL WINDING CLOISTERS. The effect on entering the principal suite of Goalie rooms BEGGARS all DESCRIPTION, and yet' there is a quiet un pretending style that varies and helps the delightful illusion. The windows below are of ancient painted glass, Shedding the " DIM RELIGIOUS LIGHT," and are finely contrasted with the gay and lightsome-appearance of those above. The bed-chambers are numerous, and all the offices seem to harmonize well. The navy and shaded walks,, which en circle this Elysium, are enriched by shrubs and flowers—they are nothing in extent, but every thing in grace and beauty. The views are extensive, varied, and beautiful ; it is within a morning's drive of PIERCEFIELD, TINTERN ABBEY, AND RAGLAND CASTLE ; and the admirer of field sports may enjoy them here to his heart's content, with the best fishing at the foot of its own meadows. A Yacht is kept, so that aquatic-amusement may be added to the detail. Much more may be urged to enlist the attention of those who desire to recreate in a Priory amid the most enchanting scenery, and surrounded by a panoramic view' of great extent and loveliness ; but Mr. Robins prefers to invoke all such as shall be well d;:sposed to seek occular proof, and return satisfied that the writer by this im perfect sketch has not vouchsafed to colour the Landscape so highly as it merits. It can only be seen after the Ist inst., by Particulars and a Draining, which will be charged One Shilling each, only to avoid tinnecessary and idle intrusion, to be had of H. Mostvn, Esq., Solicitor, Usk ; at the Plough, Cheltenham ' • White Hart,' Bath ; Beaufort A rms , M onmou th ; B arrett ' s Hotel, Ross; at tho Mart ; and Mr. George Robins's Offices, London. P. S. THE FARMS, WHICH FORM A DELIGHTFUL AUXILIARY, WILL EITHER BE ADDED TO THE PRIORY, OR SOLD IN SEPARATE LOTS. THE ELEGANT APPENDAGES •TI-litOUGHOUT THE PRIORY MAY BE ADDED TO TifE PURCHASE MONEY, HALF OF WHICH MAY REMAIN ON MORTGAGE. WADHURST CASTLE IN SUSSEX, With a DOMAIN of 358 Acres, including the PLEASI;RE FA'_ :MM, of_ 112 Acres—all FREEHOLD—TITHE FREE awl LAND-TAX REDEEMED on a portion of it, J ib.. GEORGE ROBINS will' SELL by I.:VA. AUCTION at the. Mart in London, on, TUICSDAY the 9 8th of August, at Twelve o'clock, in two lots ; WADHURST CASTLE has long been familiar to the public as one of the interesting features of its delightful vicinage; it is six miles beynud Tonbridge Wells, only three from • THE ROMANTIC VILLAGE OF FRANT;'- . and, en route, to HASTINGS AND ST. LEONARDS. It has long been a commanding, as well as an interesting, abject to the traveller. The order of architecture is chaste and, precisely what a castle should be; it is erected of stone, placed on an emi- ; nence; which tends materially to increase its outward pretensions, besides aiding very much the INTERESTING VIEW OVER THE PARK AND ESTATE.. The entree is direct from the London-road, through luxuriana plantations inclining by a serpentine drive to the Mansion. THE PANORAMIC LANDSCAPE that is presented can hardly be surpassed in England; it approaches the delightful illusion which THE EARL OF ABERGAVENNY'S FAMED WOODS (which divide this property from Tunbridge Wells) Never fails to in th inspire. Iu the distance is seen Rose Hill, Burwas.h, and Whili g h, WADIWRST TOWN 'AND ITS FAMED SPIRE, AND • THE SURROUNDING WOODLAND SCENERY, perpetually to vary and to enlivc the scene, and which is rendered perfect by THE ,RICH HOP-GROUNDS • that are dotted about in every direction. The Castle is not rr.ore than commensurate to the legitimate objects of a respectable fa! A ily, as it was originally designed for, and entirely adapted t o cyAnfort in its compreensive form, with offices within and without, 'scream.' plete as to leave no wish or inclination ungratified. THE NOBLE TERRACE-WALK, is adorned by little thousands of Ameri • Flowering Shrill's, that have weathered the by-gone Winte cinz cold, and thus demonstrated the congeniality and mildneis the climate. , THE PLEASURE AND KITCHEN GARDENS" are abundant, and there are PROLIFIC ORCHARDS, the pro duct of whi c h i s a l mos t i nca l cu l a bl e. Around • • , THE CASTLE DEMESNI ARE , THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT ACRES, disposed in WOODS, PLANTATIONS, MEADOW PASTURE, ARABLE AND HOP GROUNbS....,. entirely within a ring fence, a portion of which is . . . • TITHE FREE; AND LAND TAX .REDEEMED.' The soil throughout is excelliknt ; the produce generally so abun dant, as to incline a gentlenian to agricultural pursuits, while the produce from TIIE HOP PLANTATIONS bath alone, and not unfrequent Iy, brought 700/. and 8004 into.the treasufy. The neighbourhood is highly respectable ; and if "gaietY. be numbered - amongst the anxieties of a new possessor,. TONBRIDGE WELLS will afford him ample scope; and a limited visit to Wadhur'sp Churchyard will cheer the'inquirer with the probability . of -a 104 life; _ longevity is therein proclaimed to be one of the deligil.cs " this esteemed neighbourhood. There is plenty of game w an the estate, and the ianning lands are all ,well.supplied with water- The Second Lot will include s „. THE PLEASURE FARMITHE-FR LOCKS HOUSE and GROUNDS in T WADHURFS E T ' TOWN The residence is adapted to a genteel occupation: Mr. 'Collis, the solicitor, occupies it, with the garden and offices. THE FARM EXTENDING TO ONE HUNDRED AND T WELVE ACRES ' is one of the best axid rnost profitable in the vicinity, and the 1 1 °P Plantations unusually productive. THE PROPERTY IS ALL FREEHOLD, and it may be affirmed without the slightest expectation that all one can gainsay it; that for a residence or Investment it would be no easy task to discover a parellel case. Particulars, with a beautiful Drawing and Plan, to view the Castle, may be had Six Weeks antecedent to the Sale (for sixpenc 4 each, only to avoid idle intrusion), at the best Inns and Libraries - at Tonbridge Wells, Hastings, and St. Leonards; also at Seven WO and Tonbridge Town; of Messrs. Harrison, Solicitors, Southampton' buildings; the Mart, and at Mr. George Robins's Offices, Lo - iden• DESSERT FRUIT KNIVES AND FORKS. Plated •r 1 -- SilPcf Steel Blades, };lades . Plain Ivory handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair.. £3 30xs IS , b 6 Carved ivory handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair 316 9 u fi . Plain pearl handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair... 4 4 0 11 Carved pearl handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair 5 4 0 12 11l King's pattern or Queen's pattern, silver handles ... 616 6 14 14 T. COX SAVORY, Working Gold and Silv4rsmith, 47, Cornhill, London. (Seven Doors from, Gjacechurch-street. ) N.B. A Pamphlet containing a list, of the prices of Silver P1.40' Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c., may be had gratis, or w' s llll° forwarded in answer to a post-paid application. BIRTHS. On the 6th inst., in Craven. street, the lady of Charles Nicholls, Esq., of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at Hale-end, Woodford, the lady of Daniel Mildred, Esq., of a son. On the 12th inst., the lady of Daniel Lister, E sq . , of a son. .„ At Gosfield, Esse x , on t h e llth inst., the Wife o the Rev.' "•. Burkitt, of a son. On the 11th inst., Mrs. Samuel William Rowsell, of Cheapsid e ' of a son. On the 12th inst., in Finsbury -square, Mrs. Gray, of a son. On the 12th inst., in Eaton-place, the wife of J. W. Childers , Esq. , M.P., Of a daughter. At Weymouth, on the 10th inst., the lady of T. G. Gardiner , Esq., of a son. How At Gormanston Castle, on the 7th inst., th e l a d y of the E. Preston, of a slaughter. On the Ctlr inst. , at the Vicarage, Edl es b orough, Bucks, the la,--Y of of the Rev. W. B. Wroth, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 11th inst., at St. Alphage, Greenwich, Lemuel, son of T. Brocklebank, Esq., of Westcombe Park, to Eliza Mary, daug" . ter of F. Finch, Esq., of Croom' s -hill . On the 10th inst., at Paddington Church, Mr. Henry Gesq; jun.., of Uxbridge, to Elizabeth, e ld est daughter of Mr. D. Gass, v• Regent-street. On the 12th inst., at the Independent Chap T. Union-s',ree t i the Mr. Borougb,AruS oundel thwarMk, to . ary, sec on d daughter of . Izod, ° On the 12th inst. , at St. George's, Hanover-square, Seigne l ' l T. Cuthbert, Esq., to Frances Harriet, fourth daughter of the I ' 4° Vice-Admiral Scott, of Southampton. --- DIED. At Peckham; on the 10th inst affel 49, Mr. Abra ham B-.' Herber ~ b % Herbert. On _the 12th inst., in the Neer-read, aged 81, Lieut.-Ca l ori e' George Co ns t a bl e, late of the Bee .0.1 - Army. On-the'Cith of M ay, at Sierra Leone, Ilenry, son of J. Man;flela, Esq, of ..irosvenor-street. - On for.'shi the 6th i ns t. , aged 66, James Tilsnn, Esq., of Goring, C); '' re. On the llth inst., at his seat, Brockhani-lodge, Dorking, Surf C.T , Charts Morris, Esq., the celebrated lyric bard, aged 93. On th e 11 t h inst., in London, William Sh n tt on , E sq ., tonner;Y Bombay. London Priuted anA 112 Sr_.ublished by AILTRDO 'DUNG, of I \ t „.. ' at ), .dun Office, No. 112 , Strand iu the nun° of .61; , :kdieE.ex. —Saturday, July 14, 1.3,1'4„, , IN MONMOUTHSHIRE. THE BLACK BROOK ESTATE, WITHIN EIGHT MILES OF ROSS, A RESIDENCE AND 305 ACRES OF LAND. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. GEORGE ROBINS, At Mr. Barrett's Hotel, iu Ross, on TnUREDAT, the 16th of August, at One for Two o'Clock exactly, N EXCEEDINGLY ELIGIBLE PRO PERTY, which, during a long course, has uniformly main taiLed a high character, and been justly celebrated as THE BLACK BROOK. ESTATE, AND ONE OF THE LEADING FEATURES OF THE COUNTY. In drawing up an impartial account of this Estate, and pursuing the plan which Mr. Rebins has uniformly adopted, viz. that of placing only facts upon record, regarding the properties which he may be honoured with the directions of, it seems neces,ary here to premise, that the Mansion upon this Estate, together with its numerous and appropriate buildings, COST UPWARDS OF £3,000/. That since the primary expense, it has subsequently been improved by a large additional outlay, although during the last five years that it remained without a tenant suitable to its former pretensions, substantial repair is not needed, and a very moderate expence will suffice to put it in thorough ornamental repair. This, however, when placed in juxta position with the real loveliness of the sur rounding scenery, becomes almost a source of congratulation, when it is remembered that a new possessor can exhibit his talent of embellishment by a small outlay after his own taste and ideas. A gentleman disposed to make this purchase, on arriving at Black Brook will find himself AMID THE MOST BEAUTEOUS OF ENGLAND'S FAIREST SCENERY. The splendid landscape that awaits him, the Claude-like scene which every where environs the delightful grounds of the Mansion, the majestic hills and splendid panorama, with the meandering stream below, form an enshnble of unapproachable beauty. THE 'DOMAIN IS ABOUT THREE HUNDRED AND FIVE ACRES; entirely within a ring fence, the greater portion well calculated for A SHEEP AND TURNIP FARM, independently of a SNUG LITTLE DAIRY, to say nothing of its congeniality for good wheat rind clover. The residence is erected of stone, and the timber of oak ; it Possesses all the requisites'for family comfort 'the offices are ample, and the farm buildings' abundant. There is besides a large and handsome cottage ' farm. suited to the'tenant of the far." ' THE MANOR EXTENDS OVER 3;000 ACRES, and there is plentrof Shooting and Fishing. The roads are every where'good, and the romantic scenery from itos, to Black Brook can only be appreciated by those who have seen-it.' Particulars, twenty-eight days prior to the sale, at the inns at Ross, Monmouth, Newport, and Cheltenham ; of Messrs. Walker and Grant, Kings-read, Bedford-row ; the Mart, and at Mr. George Robins's offices, Covent Garden. 13, it re, t he c a ., co, ___ c t,, f,, bi, 1 r ah ev e , Itr ( s, aticli